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THE BREVARD NEWS Published Every Wednesday By THHE TRANSYLVANIA PUBLISHING CO., IM. Cntered at the Postofflce in N. C., u Second CUus Hater. - ? - ? i James F. Barrett SditM Miss Alma Trowbridge, Associate Ed. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Payable in Advance) One Year |8.0i ?Six Months l.M Three Months 99 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 192? BEAL AND HIS BUNCH GET THE WORKS. Judge Barnhill's court, in Char lotte, found the seven men who have been un trial for several weeks, guilty of murder in the second de gree, and gave them sentences rang ing uom live to twenty years in Ral eigh's playhouse for criminals. Four of the men, those from up North, were triven from 17 to 20 years lach, while the Gastonia men drew ihe lighter sentences. Judge Barnhill made a fine rec ord in the conduct of the trial, mak ing but one decision that drew press critic:.- ;n. He allowed the question of rr igion of one witness, and her advocacy of the overthrow of the government, to be admitted. W!i< c this was done, the prosecution then proceeded to make thunder out oi this attitude, which provided much ground for the prosecution to appeal to religious and communistic preju dices. The defense took appeal. .Vow that the state has found these folks jruilty, and meted out still sentences, many people will await with keen interest the out come of two other trials, one at GuHonla and one at Marion. At Gastonia, a band of men, in broad daylight, on a clear Saturday after noon. in the middle of one of the most popular highways in the state, shot to death a woman by the name of Ella May Wiggins. The mob had chased the truck in which the woman and twenty companions were riding, overtaking and surrounding it. Then the shooting occurred, the woman ?shot, taken from the truck and i', : en the floor of the back :?oivh ?>f a negro's home. Ten men ?.?en h-lil to the grand jury in ihis murder case, and the whole na tion will watch with eager eye the conduct of the prosecution in this murder case. The other case of interest is that . t Marion, where the sheriff and sev eral deputies engaged in a shooting fusilade at a bunch of striking cot ton mill workers. Six workers lost their lives from these shots, some <iyin$> almost instantly, while others lingered a few hours or a few days, nd liu-n gave up the ghost. Judge Harding was sent to Marion as a committing magistrate, and heard ' lit- eases. The high sheriff was re aped fiom custody by the judge, .!!<_? others of the force. Sev eral of the deputies admitted to the looting and these were bound over i i the grand jury. These are to be ied fur the slaying of the six strik , g workmen, and tiie whole nation ill v :tch the pro' > dings in this , . with closest att ntion. Uadical leaders and groups have , charged that there is one law i'.r i!i" working people and another I ,.v for those in better circumstances. ie State of North Carolina now has ? opportunity to' disprove this ' liarge once and for all time. An - en-handed justice, such as we boast North Carolina, will work just as <? :":entiy to convict the murderers i K!la May Wiggins as it worked to t nvict the outside agitators who w re charged with killing Chief Ad < lolt. An even-handed justice, . . 'h as we know that North Caro 1 t.a advocates, will strive just ss hard to detect and convict the \ oU-ale murderers who slew the s ? McDowell county men as it work ed to convict Real and his bunch for the I tying of Gastonia's police chief. !j S. i). S. TO MR. HOOVER: Please trot out your Prosperity. Transyl vania. county wants to make its ac uu: "? mVe I'.D.Q. Don't send it C'.< >. !?>. , for we're down to our B.V.D. Don't waste time on its brand.' Let it be the G.O.P. kind, if you want to. We think the whole U. S. A. wants to see it. W. N. C. 1 is especially anxious about it. It's bee.". A.W.O.L. for . some time. If you don't hurry, we'll be S.0.L.S.&3. If you get this. R.S.V.P. The question at Issue in town circles now, is that of silent or reri alarms. Bo ye fur or agin it? ? ??r.vf- Senator Galloway, answer' THE RADIO? THE GREATEST WONDER OF TH^ AGS. We Americans have been treated to many conveniences and have been made the recipients of so many wonderful gifts during the past quarter of a century that we accept such things as matters of course, seldom stopping to consider the big ness of it all. Take the Radio, for instance. We stand about the Radio here in our mountain homes, and enjoy the World Series baseball games, play by play, instantly, clearly, easily fol lowing every movement made on the diamond and every cheer and hiss made in grandstand and bleachers. We heard even the crack of the bat against the ball in the great ninth inning when one safe hit won, and ended tho aeries. We listen every day and every night to the best music of the world's great artists. We hear the president of the United States speak, wherever he is speaking, with much more clear ness than many of those who are sit ting in the audience. We hear the great ministers of the great churches of the land as though we were in the amen corner, it matters not how many hundred miles we may be away from them. There ought to be a Radio in ev ery home in America. Nothing else in America's history has offered as much fine entertainment, opportuni ties of learning, knowledge of the affairs of the world, as great educa tional advantages, as that provided through the Radio. The poorer a family is, the more they need a Radio, for these families cannot at tend lectures, recitals, shows and so on. Yet they can get the best there is if they but have a Radio. Here's hoping that every man who can rake and scrape the price of a Radio will install one at the earliest possible moment. The Houston Furniture company is offering the Majestic Radio, in an advertisement on another page of this issue of The News, with but a small payment down and convenient terms thereafter. No better invest ment could be made for any family than that of purchasing a Radio. FRED JOHNSON TELLS INTERESTING STORY. Fred Johnson, popular grocer, ad vertised in last week's Brevard News that he had a special brand of cookies in stock. Directly after the paper was circulated Thursday morning, he says he began receiving orders for these cookies. One lady who trades all the time and alto gether with Mr. Johnson, called" him and ordered some of tlfe cookies sent out. She was not aware of the fact that he had this splendid ar ticle in stock until he advertised it in The Brevard News. Some others buying the cookies were not regular customers at the Johnson Grocery Store, but (.-ailed to buy these cookies, and while there bought other groceries. Stiil some merchants say they do not need newspaper advertising. Just try it and see. The buying public is an intelligent public, and the people are looking for values all the time. Then, too, it is the gen eral opinion that if a merchant has an article of merit, he will adver tise the fact. Mr. Johnson has es tablished, with one advertisement, a good trade on this good cookie ? a cookie that is especially popular at bridge parties and other social gath erings where refreshments are served. SOLD AN AUTOMOBILE AT A COST OF 25 CENTS. People who have something to sell, and do not use the little classi fied advertisements in The Brevard 1 News, are most assuredly passing up 'a real opportunity. Brother Jason Huggins, genial postoffice clerk, de Icided to sell his automobile recently. He placed a want ad in the classified column, and sold his car within an 'hour after the paper was put into the postoffice. The peculiar thing about this transaction is the fact that Mr. J Mr. Huggins sold his car to a inan j who lives within a stone's throw of him. Mr. Huggins did not know I that his neighbor wanted to buy a car, nor did this neighbor know that | Mr. Huggins wanted to sell his car, until the little 25-cent want ad car ried this information to him. Everybody who reads The Brevard J News, reads these want ads. And at least ten 'thousand people read The [Brevard News every week. You can talk to these ten thousand people through a want ad for only 25 cents. . What is sweeter ihan love, or finer than friendship? What is more hateful than hatred, or lower than lust, or more slimy than slandenus slams about a neighbor? "As a man j j Ihinketh. so js he." : EDISON HONORED ON SOTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT. It is most fitting that the nation j should honor the man responsible for the electric light. Only the older ciitzens can fully appreciate just j what this has meant to the world. ! The younger generation, born under the electric light and reared in a home where the turning of a button flooded the house with lights, cannot know the full meaning of the thing. Those of us who recall the days when strict search was made for the pine knot that there might be light in the house at night, can fully ap preciate the wonders of being able to push a button or pul^ a cord and witness the instant flood of light , drive darkness from the room. i All honor to Edison, the man'1 endowed by the Creator with the | wisdom and the ability to re-enact, in part, the scene of creation, and add to the light of the sun and the moon and stars. A funny advertisement was handed into The Brevard News for publica tion. It is not placed in the regular advertising columns, because we were . not certain that the fellow really i meant business. We had a sneak ing idea that he simply wAted to j show one of the main ingredients ( used by some liquor makers in mak- j ing blockade whiskey. Any how, ; here is the way the copy ran: WANTED: Two truck loads of well matured stable manure, the riper the better. Address "Blockader," care The Brevard News. Somebody must have turned out a ' gollywhopper lot of liquor last week, j judging from the number of drunks , who kept Sheriff Patton, Deputy Wood, Chief Freeman and other of ficers on the trot from Saturday j noon to early Monday morning, j There must have been a powerful lot of it, or a lot of power in it, for it ' certainly made the glad com instant ly and vociferously, whatever that means. Sam Allison, super salesman at ' Plummer's Annex, is an absolute ne cessity in Brevard. Suppose he were ' to leave here ? who would prepare all the barbecues, and plan the din ners and things that go to make up such enjoyable occasions? We hope Sam will live a hundred years, and ! grow younger each year. October is about gone. November is almost here, and Thanksgiving! Then December, Christmas, Santu ! Claus, Christmas gifts, Christmas spirit. Boy, won't old Daddy be treated royally from now until the night before Christmas? I I Hurrah for Hendersonville. Gas is now added to that town's many conveniences. Lordy, what real team work can accomplish! Better to yo-yo than to yow-yow, like some folks do all the time. Anyhow they're the BEST weeds in Western North Carolina. BREVARD FOLLOWS MOUNT AIRY (Charlotte Observer) The enterprising little city of Bre vard, county seat of Transylvania, is looking forward to a new era indus trially. Brevard was served until re cently by a local light and power com pany. The Brevard News tells of the : purchase of the local system by the Southern Public Utilities company, retail organization of Duke intei <ts, and ;il the same time gives expression to the expectation of the people of Brevard that the entry of the big util- , ity organization there means big things for that community. "Confi dence is expressed that the coming of j the Duke interests to Brevard is simp ly a forerunner of an industrial ex pansion here that will mean much to this county. This belief is based not on any statement that may have been issued by any company official but I merely on the record of the company ' in other towns and sections and the ability of the big company to influ- , ence industry to locate in sections j where the company can furnish the power for operation.. . .It is an ac- 1 knowledged fact that the Duke com panies are largely responsible for the rapid expansion of industry in Pied mont Carolinas and the coming here of that big concern is very naturally hailed with delight by the citizens of Transylvania county. The Observer is frank to express confidence that the expectations of The Brevard News and its consti tuents will be met. Judging from the experience of a number of other cities and towns in both North Caro lina and South Carolina, Brevard may expect to profit as a result of its tie in with the utility company. Inciden tally The Observer and the people of Charlotte welcomes this additional tie between this city and so good a com munity as Brevard. A single fact will often spoil an interesting argument. Nowadays people apologize if they own only one automobile. If yon wear a vest what's the sen?' oi buying four-dollai neck ties? PARENTS, NOT THE CHILD, SICK. Dear Mr. Editor; I read with interest an article in your editorial section some two or three weeks ago, under the heading "A Sick Childt" and it was my in tention to write a few bright and pertinent remarks in reply before now but I have been so busy waiting on customers (waiting for them to come in) that I haven t gotten to it. The article stated that this child (representing Brevard) was very ill, and that the parents, (meaning the people of Brevard) were doing noth ing for the sick child's relief. I be lieve that you are mistaken as to who is sick. The fact is, it is not the child who is sick, but the parents. The child referred to is just as healthy, robust, and beautiful bb any child in the whole United States. If the child should be entered in a beauty con test, I firmly believe it would win, hands down, over all other contest ants. The trouble is this. The parents of the child have expended all their substance, and all they could bor row, for the purchase of fine gaudy raiment where with to decorate and bespangle the child. It is over dressed with clothes its parents have bought on credit and now are unable to pay for. While the chilc> is very beauti ful, and full of health and vigor, the parents are in one H of a fix and must have the immediate attention of several important specialists. The case has advanced to a stage where home remedies will not avail. Do not forget that the child is all 0. K. but the parents are down with a bad case of old fashioned home grown belly ache, and if relief is not found for the patients in the very near future, there is going to be an orphan child in this section with no one to do up its laundry. Yours truly, T. M. MITCHELL. FROM AN OLD RESIDENT Editor The Brevard NewB: Seeing in a recent issue of The Brevard News that a page was to b? devoted to letters of those absent during Home-Coming Week, I wisli to add my bit. I deeply regret that I am unable to be with you all, but send mj heartiest wishes for a good time. 1 was born in Transylvania county anc woufd naturally want to be there the more because of that fact. My mind has been centered on tht county and its people since my visit there last fall and I wish to thanl you all for the kind and courteous treatment which I received at that time. So, though the continent may di vide us, I shall be with you in spirit during that week, and I hope it will be an occasion that will long remair in the hearts of those permitted tc be present. Sincerely yours, T. C. GALLOWAY, Goble, Oregon, R-l. Oct. 9, 1929. HAVE YOU 1. Have you invited the teachers oi your children into your home and be come acquainted with theni? 2. Have you assured the teacher; of your children that you are behind then) in their efforts to do all the> can for your boys and girls? Have you, in co-operation witli others provided some pood social evenings for the teachers of yout schools. 4. Have you talked with your sup erintendent or principal on the things needed, and done your best to help secure them for the school? 5. Have you seen to it that your teachers have had any opportunity to m:'et the good people of your com munity? 0. Have you assured the school board that you appreciate their ef forts in behalf of the children and are behind them in all legitimate ef forts to promote the interests of the school? 7. Have you given your school ad ministrative officers and teachers the moral support that they might need in fighting the battle for decen cv clean athletics, high conduct and chivalry in your community? 8. Have you backed them up in ev erjr possible way in any controversy or fusses they may have had with the oung unsportsmanlike element of the rowdies of your neighborhood who are threatening to undermine the morale of the schools? ?). Have vou seen to it that every teacher away from home for the hol idays will be well taken care of anil have an opportunity for some good social life, and get into some of your good homes? 10. Have you visited the classes in school in which your children are placed, and do you know definitely the type of work they are doing? 11. Have you done your best to se cure a good spirit of co-operation be tween the homes and the school and get everyone in the community sol idly lined up for the best thirgs for the bovs and girls. By G. C. BUSH, Rosman High School. SELL !T? USE A WANT AD THE SHADOW OF FADING BEAUTY Don't yo<i be afraid of advancing ?$e. For nature endowed each baby With a delicate, velvety akin. Properly eared for, it* free: new remains long ?Iter hairs are ? hite. Soap and water will not do, for JU? Mcret o! permanent be:>uty lied in iiC'iion Cleansing Cream PUSHEI.L'S DEPT. STORE Brmri N, C. THE PRAYER CORNER JOYOUS SERVICE May I share with you, dear friends, some thoughts on this hap- j py subject. JOYOUS SERVICE This is one of the most important subjects for the Christian's consider iation, and one most often forgotten. We hear a great deal about faith and trust and patience and suffering, but not much about joy. Indeed, ' some good people have thought that 'joy belongs to another life. "Here! we weep and struggle," they have ? said; "Joy cometh in the morning j when we awake in another world.' But how can we believe that man ! alone of all God's creations is to be gloomy and sad? Do not the birds sing and the flowers wear gay col ors, and give out fragrance, and the ' mountain brooks laugh and even the I morning stars sing together? If we view life aright, must we not find causes enough for happiness. In deed is not sadness really ingrati tude to God, a poor spirit with which to serve Him, making our love heavy and forced? j If my friend does me a favor with tears in his eyes and with an aching heart, must I not think his love for me a burden rather than a joy? I often wonder whether much of our service to God must not pain Him when He sees how low spirited we are, and how littie real deep joy there is in our natures. The fact is that we misrepresent God and re ligion by our gloom, and so at once 'grieve Him and keep others away from Him. 1 i "Man is the only being whom God ,has made who can laugh," Dr. Hop kins used to say. Creatures without soul grin; man smiles and he smiles because conscious of his high des tiny. It is not merely bccause he is ignorant and innocent that a child laughs so much; it is because he is fresh from God's dear hand and has not learned to smother his happiness with imaginary woes. There is, of course, human laughter which is like "the crackling of thorns under a pot" (Eccleeiastes 7:6) but that io not genuine gladness. If the heart is full of sunshine then the lip# res pond. Do not be afraid to smile. Let the hardness break under the warm sunshine of God's precious love; make yourself glad by consid ering all that God has done, is doing and is about to do for you. Let our nature exult in its glor ious surroundings; let it see good where others see trouble; let it sing while others groan; for notwith standing the strenuous battle of life, there is good everywhere, (to be con tinued). Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord tl hath mercy on us, teach our hearts to sing for joy when our lips sing i praises unto The6 for all Thy mer icies. Banish, we pray Thee, from our souls, gloom, discontent and ab ject fear: and make Thy love of us and our love of Thee be in us joy, ' confidence and full satisfaction. Teach us the joy of discovering the Tokeni of Thy Pretence always in the song of birds, the fragrance of flowers, the marvelous beauty of sunrise and sunset, but more in tbe ringing daughter and plaintive cry of little children in the deep hunger in the hearts of our brothers and sisters, and in our own souls, so that we are never alone. Teach us the joy of friendship that leaves no hurt, or sting; help us to enter into the deep joy of sympa thy with our brothers and sisters need; the sympathy that" gives in sight and knits heart to heart until we are able to help where help is needed, and able to receive help when it is offered. Hear us, 0 Sav iour, who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, livest and reignest, one God, one world without end. _ Amen. A PRAYER ? C. D. C. The School Corner , I I "Brighten the corner where you ere" I Conducted by S. P .VERNER County Superintendent There was a fine attendance at : the District meeting at Asheville. i This was the first time in years : when the teachers were not paid fori (attending this meeting, and the re . suit was highly gratifying. Not only ? was Transylvania well represented, 1 [ but the large auditorium of the big , new Asheville High School was , crowded. j Dr. Stowe's address contained sev eral specific suggestions worth prac tical use. pne was that it is much more important to have a reason able number of pupils in the pri ' mary grades than to crowd them in | order to get more teachers for the High School grades. Economize at . 1 the expense of anybody else except the beginners was his plea. He also suggested the use for part of their time of specially competent married ' women teachers when they might I not be secured for the whole time ' but when their special experience and ability is needed. 1 : Dr. Wright's address was a warn ing against the universal tendency toward centralization and showed how the right kind of education was ? the main remedy against it. When 1 men have been trained to think for themselves, they cannot be herded like sheep into great masses of workers of employees under central 1 ized control; or if centralization along some lines is desirable it can be intelligently and safely carried. The most powerful address of the meeting was an impromptu talk by Superintendent Allen to the county and city superintendents. It was a historical resume of the progress of education in the ftate. Those of us who believe ir, modification of methods in order to fit the schools better to economize conditions saw , that we may have an ally in Mr. Allen when we can get our position clearly before him. Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clemson College made an address full of hu mor and wit, with plenty of sense ' ;and inspiration too. j The election of Mr. Edwards as ! chairman for next year came as a ' recognition of his long and efficient service in promoting the success of i many meetings in the pa3t. i A very fine entertainment was i [enjoyed at the Little River school j house Saturday night, the object be ;ing to raise funds to equip the J building with electric lights. Cakes and boxes of good things were sold and a really handsome sum realized when conditions are considered. Prof. John L. Hensley and his fac ulty and patrons had worked hard and their success was well deserved. The race between Mr. J. F. Barrett and Mr. Joe Merrill for the cake awarded to the champion ugly man was a hot and close one and was won by Mr. Merrill on a close margin. He put up the cake at auction and Mr. Barrett promptly got it. Mr. Barrett's contribution to the eve ning in humor, wit, and general ac tivity was a large part of the suc cess. The young people who recited did so admirably. Teachers' Meeting Saturday the 26th. We shall urobably have a distinguished speaker; and a roumi table discussion of the best methods in school entertainments. IN MEMOR1AM (The following memoriam was pub lished in a reccnt issue of The Brari enton Herald, and will be of interest to the people of Transylvania county because the deceased was so well known and generally loved in thi-= community. ? Editor.) Mrs. Lela K. Davenport Ly day was born in Transylvania county near Brevard. N. C., March 10 187* and passed away after a very br ? f illness in Bradenton, Fla., Octob ? 5, 1929. She was the daughter of M and Mrs. C. D. Davenport, respect ed family of the old North state. She was married March 19. 1905 to E. 0. Lyday. In 1906 she united with the Enon Baptist church, near Brevard, being baptized by Rev. Jn >. Bradley. Besides her husband, two sisters and seven brothers, she is survived by six sons, Leonard B., Rupert I., Wal ton. Newell, Emory and Charles I.y day. AH of the sons except Walton re side" in Bradenton, he being in tlv navy and located at Honolulu. Mrs. Lyday was a quiet, faithful, unassuming ehristain woman, a devot ed wife and an affectionate mother. She was industrious and kind. She made home pleasant. She was a good neighbor and a faithful friend. Her memory is blessed. She was laid to rest in the Palmet to cemetery Monday afternoon, Oct. 7, after a beautiful funeral service jonducted by Rev. E. H. Jennings. SELL IT? USE A WANT AD What good is a watch if you have to say, "I think I'm a little slow?" Accuracy and dependability are two paramount qualiq|> in any timepiece. We sell nothing bui American made watches and we know the highly-skilled .ind unhurried craftsman ship that goes into thorn, We know they will give you faithful, accurate sertvjee. BecaWse we prize your confidence, we- are mp#p than carei'u! in the selection of merchandise we raptjmmend. Come in and let isj show you the iatest in Wrist Watches for both LatJiw? and Gentlemen. Frank D. Clement} The Hallmark Jeweler CI EMSON T9EATHE BUILDING
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